Re: [PATCH] HID: elan: Fix memleak in elan_input_configured

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Mon Aug 31 2020 - 03:48:32 EST


On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, Dinghao Liu wrote:

> When input_mt_init_slots() fails, input should be
> freed to prevent memleak.
>
> Fixes: 9a6a4193d65b8 ("HID: Add driver for USB ELAN Touchpad")
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-elan.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
> index 45c4f888b7c4..858442004258 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
> @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static int elan_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
> ret = input_mt_init_slots(input, ELAN_MAX_FINGERS, INPUT_MT_POINTER);
> if (ret) {
> hid_err(hdev, "Failed to init elan MT slots: %d\n", ret);
> + input_free_device(input);
> return ret;

Good catch, but apparently it's not the only memleak there --
input_mt_init_slots() allocates the input_mt slots and friends, so we need
input_mt_destroy_slots() there as well.

Could you please add this to your patch too, while you are at fixing this
error codepath anyway, and resubmit?

Thanks!

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs